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Stubble soil moisture map, November 1, 2017

Les Henry’s annual map of fall soil moisture going into the winter months

By Les Henry January 19, 2018

The November 1, 2016, fall soil moisture map was, in a word, wet. In Manitoba and much of Saskatchewan all soils were at field capacity (holding maximum available water) and many areas were so wet that water tables were near enough to surface to be a factor. When the water table is within about five […] Read more

This slide cabinet holds 5,000 slides and allows me to view 120 at a time. Any slide can be located in a flash if a good filing system is in place.

Columns, Crops

Exhibit 1: Weather cycles — Willowbunch Lake

By Les Henry January 19, 2018

Over the course of 30+ years at the University of Saskatchewan I collected about 5,000 35 mm colour slides. Many were taken by me while pounding pavement but I also “inherited” slides from folks who retired or moved. I also have a slide cabinet at home with hundreds of slides from junkets to Tanzania, Swaziland […] Read more

News

VIDEO: Full Bin Alarm wins Farm Safety Feature at Manitoba Ag Days

Invention lets producers on the ground know when their bin is full

By Greg Berg January 19, 2018

Sound the alarm! You no longer need to climb to the top of your grain bin to find out when it’s full. That’s the idea behind Never Spill Spout’s Full Bin Alarm, the Farm Safety product winner at this year’s Manitoba Ag Days. The system uses a sensor inside of an auger spout to alert […] Read more

(ADM photo by Dave Bedard, Bunge photo via Bunge)

Crops, Reuters

ADM reported making takeover approach to Bunge

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News January 19, 2018

Reuters — Top U.S. grains merchant Archer Daniels Midland has proposed a takeover of Bunge Ltd., the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, a move that could set up a battle for Bunge with London-based rival Glencore. Large grain traders which make money by buying, selling, storing, shipping and trading crops have struggled in recent […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Grain handle down in CP’s ‘best-ever’ fourth quarter

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 19, 2018

U.S. income tax reform and significant increases in non-grain traffic more than offset a dip in Canadian Pacific Railway’s grain handle in its fourth quarter of 2017. Calgary-based CP on Thursday reported net income of $984 million on $1.713 billion in gross revenues in what it described as its “best-ever” fourth quarter, up from $384 […] Read more

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is overseeing the Innovation Superclusters Initiative, which pledges up to $950 million over five years to support business-led innovation super clusters. (Video screengrab from ISED Canada via YouTube)

Crops, Machinery

Super cluster aims to break down industry silos with data

By GFM Network News January 18, 2018

The Smart Agri-Food Super Cluster aims to use efficient and powerful data to create better collaboration within the agriculture sector. It is one of nine super clusters in the running for $950 million in federal funding for super clusters that make a broad economic impact. Another agriculture sector cluster, the Protein Industries Canada Supercluster, is […] Read more

CMC’s booth at the GEAPS 2017 show in Kansas City. (CMCiel.com)

Crops, Machinery

AGI buys bin sensor, fertilizer blending system makers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 17, 2018

Best known as the parent for several Canadian and U.S. manufacturers of grain handling and storage equipment, Ag Growth International is expanding its tech portfolio. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Wednesday it has bought Burnaby, B.C.-based CMC Industrial Electronics and Iowa-based Junge Control (JCI) for undisclosed sums. CMC, which formed in 1997 and has facilities at Burnaby […] Read more

Crops, Features

How to tile a bin yard for drainage

Tiling a bin yard is not the same as adding drainage tiles to a field. Find out why

By Angela Lovell January 15, 2018

When a Saskatchewan farmer turned to Twitter for advice on draining his bin yard, Grainews wanted to know what that would take. As I soon found out, it’s not as easy as it sounds, but the results can be well worth the effort. As with most things, consulting a professional is probably the best first […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Sask. and QC couples earn national OYF honours

Working with natural systems appeals to OYF-winning diversified producers

By Lee Hart January 12, 2018

What’s the world coming to? When it comes to well managed farming operations recognized as Outstanding Young Farmers it appears to be leaning toward a natural field cropping operation in Saskatchewan and an organic market garden operation in Quebec. Derek and Tannis Axten of Axten Farms Ltd. near Minton, Sask., and Véronique Bouchard and François Handfield of Mont-Tremblant, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Rush on to reverse U.S. tax boon for ag co-ops

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Republican U.S. senators are working with some of the world’s biggest agricultural merchants to undo a last-minute provision in the tax overhaul that threatens to distort the grains market and starve private firms of corn, soy and wheat supplies. It was included during final revisions of the tax bill that passed […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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Stubble soil moisture map, November 1, 2017

Exhibit 1: Weather cycles — Willowbunch Lake

VIDEO: Full Bin Alarm wins Farm Safety Feature at Manitoba Ag Days

ADM reported making takeover approach to Bunge

Grain handle down in CP’s ‘best-ever’ fourth quarter

Super cluster aims to break down industry silos with data

AGI buys bin sensor, fertilizer blending system makers

How to tile a bin yard for drainage

Sask. and QC couples earn national OYF honours

Rush on to reverse U.S. tax boon for ag co-ops

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